A report from CBS this week revealed the working conditions of tens of thousands of children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who work in mines to extract the cobalt needed for lithium batteries.

A recent Bloomberg article has brought to light a harsh reality, the demand for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing child labor rates in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): The appetite for electric cars is driving a boom in small-scale cobalt production in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where some mines have been found to […]

A new coalition of groups in Arizona is seeking to force utilities in the state to generate more power from renewable energy beyond the 15 percent the state currently requires, according to a new report this week.

Legislative leaders in both the Oregon House of Representatives and Oregon Senate cast doubt on whether a proposed carbon tax bill could pass in either legislative body this year, according to the Portland Tribune.

A CBS Los Angeles investigation has uncovered that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) are reluctant to use the electric vehicles the department leases as part of a splashy effort to supposedly “go green”:

Louis Moncivias Gutierrez , a leader of the environmentalist movement in Texas made a stunning admission earlier today that may shock his followers. Gutierrez, a former Hollywood actor who now runs a prominent environmentalist news blog, was in Austin for a protest when he admitted he was not against the oil industry:

“It’s like Texas–we are an oil state and I’m not against oil, I’m just against the corruption and fracking and the fracked gas and eminent domain laws taking people’s property, so let’s not get this mixed up, okay? I’m a born and raised Texan.”

Gutierrez’s admission that he is not against oil is not the only secret he has kept from other environmentalists. Core News Texas previously reported on Gutierrez’s extensive criminal history.

Gutierrez is not the first environmentalist leader to make a confusing line of support for an aspect of the oil and gas industry. Earlier this month, Environment Texas director Luke Metzger appeared to be pushing for petrochemicals while lobbying the Texas State Legislature.